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OFFICIAL MAPS.
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supplied the necessary means for a complete system of maps for (the läns
of) both Sweden and Finland during the years 1797/1818; the
copperplates on which the originals were engraved were subsequently purchased
by the Government. In 1805, a body of »field surveyors», subsequently
named the Topographical Corps, was constituted for topographical
mapping work; since 1874, this body of officials has formed a special section
of the Army General Staff (Generalstabens topografiska afdelning).
C) Geological Haps. In Sweden maps of mines have long been
in existence; e. g. a map of the Falun Copper Mines was drawn in 1629
and is still extant, but the earliest petrographic maps of the country
were not published until the beginning of the 19th century. In 1858,
a special Office was instituted, viz. the Geological Survey of Sweden,
charged with making general geological researches in the interests of
science, agriculture, and industry, and instructed to publish the results
of their work in the form of maps and accompanying descriptions. A
typical geological map, by the aid of different colouring, shows the
appearance of the ground surface, not only the varieties of röck being
given, but also the varieties of soil; a map of that kind is a plan chart
(without the relief of the ground). Recently it has been determined
that the varieties of soil shall be included on the topographic maps
(with the relief) and that special geological maps showing the varieties
of röck shall be drawn; the publication of the first named kind, how-
The skeleton maps, for which surveyors’
maps are used, and also the economic maps,
are laid down and worked out on a scale of
1 : 50,000, except in the more northerly parts
of the kingdom, where the scale of 1 : 100,000
is used. The Army Staff, or Ordnance, maps
of Sweden are printed from copper plates, but
lithography is also employed. For Southern
and Central Sweden the maps are rectangular
sheets on a scale of 1 : 100,000, but, for
Northern Sweden, sheets divided according
to meridians and parallels, on a scale of
1 : 200,000. These last maps also embrace
economic data and are consequently
economic-topographic. The parts of the country not
yet mapped out topographically, are chiefly the
southern and central portions of Norrland.
Topographic maps on a scale of 1 :200,000,
together with descriptions, have been made
of some provinces, but it is not intended to
complete this work. For certain topographic
maps, other scales, both larger and smaller
than the aforesaid, are also used.
A considerable number of maps have also been published by private
enterprise; we may mention here those by A. Hahr, E. G. Liunggren (Atlas of the
Cities of Sweden), N. Selander, E. Cohrs, V. Petterson, H. Byström, and others.
Samuel Crustaf Hermelin.
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